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Trying to use a linksys router as a switch

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Polishwonder74

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Howdy fellas,

I'm trying to find a way to get this to work: I have a spare router since I replaced it with a wireless. I don't have any wireless devices, but all my roommates do, so I just run wires into my room still, but I'm wondering if I could get away with only running one patch cable into my room and splitting it with the old router, that way I can plug in 4 computers in here.

Is it possible to admin both routers and everything? I gave it a shot, disabling the dhcp server on the one I'm trying to use as a switch, but it didn't seem to work.

Any suggestions?

Thanks for reading!
:beer:

 
There is nothing to administer on the second router. By disabling the DHCP server, and pluggin your ethernet cable into one of the LAN ports, NOT the WAN/Internet port, you turn that device into a switch. If you are connecting to the LAN side you should see a link light and possibly an activity light if the LED's are there for it. If you see neither then your ports are probably not auto MDI/MDX and you'll need a crossover cable, not a regular straight through Cat5 cable.
 
buy a wrt54g and use it as a wireless bridge which you can plug your computer into. That way you wont even need to run a cable
 
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